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Descendants of Arie Fransen

Generation No. 1

1. ARIE¹ FRANSEN¹ was born in Netherlands ², and died Bef. 1699 in Ulster County, New York ³. He married (1) RAGEL JANS⁴ Abt. 1679⁴, daughter of JAN THEUNISSEN and MARITJE JANS. She was born 1657 in Amsterdam, Netherlands ⁵. He married (2) XXX Bef. 1680.

Notes for ARIE FRANSEN:
      "... another group of French and German Protestants came first to the Hudson Valley and later resettled in eastern Pennsylvania. Among these immigrants was ... Pieter DeLong, ... regarded by his descendants as the first DeLong of their branch to settle in America. He is believed to have been born between 1685 and 1702... in Switzerland, the Palatinate or England. ... Others believe Pieter was born in the Hudson Valley, but no record exists. ... Eventually he appeared in America about 1722 and settled near Kingston, N.Y. ... Records indicate he had a younger brother Abraham, born between 1703 and 1706, in Germany. Abraham also lived near Kingston ... but soon moved to Pennsylvania's Northampton County. ... Still another line was established by Arie Fransen DeLong who also settled near Kingston about 1680. ... In the 1730s Pieter DeLong, [his wife] Eva [Elizabeth Weber] and at least three children also journeyed to a new home in Pennsylvania. They moved to Berks County, an area predominantly settled by Palatines. Pieter soon was farming a 187-acre tract at Bowers, Pa. ..." [The DeLongs of New York and Brooklyn, 24-27]

      "The emigrant ancestor of [the DeLong] family was Arie Fransen who was in Ulster Co. [New York] by 1670 ..." [Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, 134, X39]

      "Surnames were just coming into common usage among the Dutch in Arie's lifetime; in some but not all records, he is surnamed Langet and similar variations, probably a reference to his height and conveniently serving to distinguish him from shorter Arie nearby though we have no reason to think it was another Arie Fransen. Thus he is found in either church or other documents as Ary Frans Langet, Ariaan France Lange and Arie Fransen Langerth, but in others simply as Aryan Fransen, Ary Frans, Arie Franssen, Ary Franze, Ariaan France, Adriaan Franzen, etc. His children became DeLangs, grandchildren DeLongs.
      " Such versions as France reflect solely the inconsistency of spelling in this era but regrettably are the source of such mistranslations as 'Aaron the Frenchman'. It is of course possible that he could have originated from a French Reformed (Huguenot) family, many of which did go into the Netherlands, but there is absolutely nothing in primary evidence which would confirm so, and in 35 years of DeLong research [1992] I have seen nothing to make me believe so." [John D. Baldwin research, B15]

      "In the Dutch Patronymic system (used before and during development of surnames) a child was identified with the father's name. Thus our Arie Frans(en) [many variants in spelling are found] was simply Arie son of Frans. His wife Maritje Jans was Maritje daughter of Jans even as her father was Jan Theunissen, Jan son of Teunis.
      "Arie is found in one record as Arie Langet, in another spelled Langerth. This presumably means the Tall Arie to differentiate him from some other Arie in town of lesser physical stature. Adoption of surnames proceeded rapidly after the British occupation of New Netherlands so this clan adopted De Lang, De being Dutch for The. While Arie does not seem to have the article De, his sons adopted the term De Lang as their surname (In Dutch format, the sons would have been known as Frans Ariens, Jan Ariens, Jonas Ariens, but they have never been found that way). This is all suitably Dutch; there is no reason to think the De was the French article De or Du (meaning of).
      "By the third generation, the name somehow 'Anglicized' to DeLong instead of DeLang." [John D. Baldwin letter, June 11, 1993, B55-B56]

1634, February 4 -- "Another European record merits mention if only because it has been attributed without any particular justification to Arie. This was the birth in Etten-Leur, Brabant Feb. 4, 1634 of Adrianus Fransciscuszn, son of Franciscus Adrianns and Johanna Jacobusdotur. The record was fortunitously obtained by Joan DeLong of Vancouver who seeing that Arie's son was born in Brabant, actually in Ulster Co. NY, wrote the archives in Brabant Holland. The record may well pertain to subject, particularly if he were the emigrant of 1659, but it is open to conjecture, and it is unfortunate that some researchers have published it as fact. Of interest is the fact that the VanEtten family of New Netherlands at times used the surname DeLong; VanEtten is adjacent to Etten-Leur." [Baldwin, B15]

1656, March 5 -- "...an Amsterdam [Netherlands] church record ... seems a few years too late ... reference is either a birth or baptism ... for one Ariaen Fransen, son of Frans Fransen and Ariaantje Pieters (Ref. Bijzonderh 105 Kerk 61)" [Baldwin, B15]

1659, February 12 -- "The ... passenger list for the ship 'De Trouw' (The Faith) from Netherlands to New Netherlands includes Arent Franken, a baker from Jever, no doubt a place somewhere in Holland though some researchers have associated it with both the French towns of Evron near Lavalle in Moyenne, and Evran, Cotes-du-Nord, Brittany. Another correspondent substituted Ieveren for Jever; perhaps he saw a different publication of the passenger list. This version supposedly reads 'Arent Franken, of Arthur: Frenchman, arrived in New Amsterdam on the ship Faith 12 February 1659 from Ieveren.' I suspect Arthur. Frenchman is a mistranslation of Arent Franken (=Arie, son of Frans) Can Ievren possibly be Deventer from where Arie's eventual grandfather-in-law originated?" [Baldwin, B16]

1659 -- "Additional data on New Paltz [Huguenots who were not patentees] (from the David Vorrhees 'Concise Directory of Huguenot Ancestors' (1985)" includes "DeLanguet, Arent Franken (Lange, Langet, De Lang, De Long, Long): Amsterdam (1659); New Amsterdam; Esopus (Kingston, N.Y.); d. before 1699, Ulster Co., NY." [Huguenot Refugees in the Settling of Colonial America, 368-369; X26]

1666, November 17 -- "Arie Fransen, a Dutch Patronymic meaning Aaron son of Frans, was probably born in the Netherlands. No Frans has been found in the new world who would be a good candidate for father, however a sister may well have been the Jannetie Francen who (in 1668?) requested judicial enforcement of a sentence dated Nov. 17, 1666 against Cornelis Vernoy (Versteeg: NY Hist[orical] M[anuscripts-] Dutch; Kingston Papers I;315)" [Baldwin, B15]

1670 -- "... he appears as Arian ffrancon, one of a group of militiamen. (New York State Library #22:99, Minutes of Executive Council of Province of New York). Perhaps this is also the source of the statement he appeared this year on the muster roll of Captain Pawling's company. The Minutes apparently indicate he and others drew lots 'the following day' at Kingston, Marbletown and Esopus. This is presumably the origin of the 32 acres he reportedly had at 'ye roundout kill' which is Esopus. Thus he was in Ulster County by this date and likely earlier." [Baldwin, B16]

1671 -- "in Ulster Co, NY, by 1671. Probably from Holland. Married Rachel Jans, born 1657 or 1659, who came as a young child on the ship 'De Ste. Jan Baptiste' from Amsterdam with her parents ... Arie... seldom used a surname, was usually known as Arie Frans (= Arie, son of Frans) in accordance with the Dutch practice." [Baldwin, B4]

1671 -- "Adrian Fransen was witness in a knife assault (Versteeg ... Kingston Papers p. 464)" [Baldwin, B16]

1671, October 7 -- Capt. Thomas Chambers leases a farm "near Wisquaemsickx" to Hendrick Albertson and Adriaen Fransen as sharecroppers for 10 years, agreeing to furnish "two good horses, mares, with a stallion or gelding, two cows, a wagon and a plow." Gains and losses were to be equally divided. Two sows would be returned "as big" at the end of the lease. Exceptions were made "in case war should break out, which God forbid, with the aborigines of this land ..." [Kingston Papers, 703; Baldwin B16-B17]

1672, November 5 -- Dirck Hendricksen replaces Adriaen Fransen as leaseholder. Fransen signs with his mark. [Kingston Papers, 724; Baldwin B18]

1672, December 3 -- George Hal demands that Adrian Fransen pay an acknowledged debt of 32 sch. of wheat. The court orders the officer to judicially enforce the judgment. Fransen then brought a case against Schout Grevenraedt for dismissing debtor Van der Coelen without bond. [Kingston Papers, 488, 492-493; Baldwin B17]

1674 -- Schout Grevenraedt accuses Adriaen Fransen of "fighting with several persons, yea, till blood was shed, and was the cause of the quarrel." He demanded a fine of 50 guilders. Fransen "says he knows nothing about it, and requests the plaintiff shall pay the same." The court set a fine of 30 guilders, plus court costs. Fransen also admits a debt of "32-1/2 sch. of wheat for vendue, and further for the mirror nine guilders, five st." to Hendrick Paeldin. [Kingston Papers, 515, 519; Baldwin B18]

1675 -- "Adraien Fransen a witness to lease of parcel of land called Brabender's thicket. (Note a Jan Brabender in 1662 held the old lot #10 in Wilkwyck.)" [Kingston Papers, 746; Baldwin B18]

16xx -- "Unreferenced correspondence reports he was skipper of a yacht. New Amsterdam Records 3:49 reports a suit by Werner Wessels vs. Derek Smitt which centers around 120 florins of tobacco asked of Arie Fransen. It seems Arie was to go to Virginia (as a skipper?) but didn't, and Wessels was demanding payment of tobacco." [Baldwin, B19]

1678, September 29 -- "Could he have had a first wife? Maria daughter of Arie Freese was baptised at Hurley, Ulster County, September 29; ... Arie Fransen's known daughter Maritje baptised Kingston, Ulster County in 1684. Maritje is Dutch for Mary/Maria and the marriage of two distinct Maritje DeLangs are found in the early 1700s, both of whom are clearly associated with [Arie's] family." [Baldwin, B19]

1679-1680 -- "He was married by this time to Rachel Jans (their son Frans born 1681). ..." [Baldwin, B19]

1685, February 15 -- "... Leanard Coale of Marbletown and Mary his wife to Mr. Francis Rombout of the 'citty of new york,' deeds for 10 shillings land over the Rideouts Kill or creek at Mombackes which Leonard hath let unto farme to Arien France of Mombackus ... " [Early English Deeds, Ulster County, 1:26; Baldwin B19]

1687, June 7 -- "Another possibly younger relative might be Judith Fransen born Flesinger (Vlissingen, or Flensburg, in Province of Zeeland, Netherlands) who[se] marriage banns with Johanis Wincoop born Albany were dated Je 7, 1687. In 1688, Johannes Wynkoop, Evert Wyncoop and Judith Fransen were sponsors for a son of Moses de Puits (DePu) and Maria Wynkoop (where?)." [Baldwin, B15]

1689 -- "Arrie Ffrance on a list of Ulster County inhabitants (Early NY State Census Recs)" (Baldwin, B20]

1694/1695, February -- "Tjerke Clase de Witt of Kingston sells for 50 pounds to Cornelis Swits of Mombackus land at Mombackus to west of other lands of sd. Tjerke de witt, now in possession of Jan de witt; and East of land of Mr. Ffrederick philips, containing about 60 acres, and fformerly sold to Tjerke de witt by Ariaan ffrance and james pemmits; with small peece of paster land ..." [Signed in Kingston; Early English Deeds, Ulster County, I;150; Baldwin, B20]

1695, June 6 -- "Henricus Cooke and Wyntje Franse had Elsie ... (where?)" [Baldwin, B15]

1696-1698 -- "Death of Arie occured during this period" [Baldwin, B20]

Notes for RAGEL JANS:
1661, May 9 -- "... Again we have a Dutch patronymic, Maritje, daughter of Jan. [Rachel] was one of two daughters, age 1 1/2 and 4, who appear unnamed with their parents, Jan Theunissen and Maritje Jans, on the May 9, 1661 passenger list of the ship 'De St. Jan Baptist' ... The record of her second marriage shows that Maritje was born Amsterdam. The father was very likely the Jan Teunisze who was born at Amsterdam 10-19-1631, son of Teunis Jans from Deventer, Ourjas, Netherlands and his wife Jannetje Arents which couple had married (Amsterdam?) September 14, 1624. [The Lost Palatine 16:10]. " [John D. Baldwin research, B4, B19)

      "The two 'sons of Teunis,' Jan and Arent, adopted the surname of Pier, also found as Pyer. Jan's daughter Rachel, the wife of Arie Fransen is found as Rachel Jansen Pyer, Rachel Janse Pier, Rachel Rachel Jansen Pier, Rachel Pier, also simply by the patronymic Rachel Jans and Ragel (Dutch for Rachel) Jans." [Baldwin, B19]

1703, 1707, 1711 -- "Likely she used her married surname as the Maritje Ploeg, sponsor at baptisms of four of her DeLong grandchildren." [Baldwin, B20]

1712 -- "A witness to baptism of child in Kingston." [Baldwin, B20]

1716 -- "Sponsor at birth of Neeltje, daughter of probable daughter Willemtje." [Baldwin, B20]

1720/1721 -- "Rachel and Hendrick Ploeg on Kingston tax list, perhaps the mother and son." [Baldwin, B20]

1723 -- "Sponsor in Kingston" [Baldwin, B20]

Children of ARIE FRANSEN and RAGEL JANS are:

2.	i.	FRANS² DELANGE, b. 1681, Esopus, Ulster County, New York; d. 1755.
3.	ii.	JANNETJE DELANGE, b. 1683.
4.	iii.	MARYTJE LANGET, b. 1684.
5.	iv.	RACHEL DELANG, b. 1686.
6.	v.	ARIAANTJE DE LANGE, b. 1688, Rochester, Ulster County, New York.
7.	vi.	JAN DE LANGE, b. Abt. 1690, Rochester, Ulster County, New York.
8.	vii.	WYNTJE DELONG, b. 1693.
9.	viii.	JONAS DELANGE, b. 1696, Brabant, Ulster County, New York; d. August 1739.
	ix.	GEESJE DELANG⁶, m. ARIE PIER⁶; b. 1688 ⁷.

Notes for GEESJE DELANG:
1713 -- "probably a daughter. She was a sponsor 1713 at baptisms of sons of [her probable brothers] Frans and Jan ..." [John D. Baldwin research, B21]

Children of ARIE FRANSEN and XXX are:

10.	x.		MARYTJE² DE LANGET, b. 1678, Mombacus.
11.	xi.		WILLEMJE LANGEN, b. Abt. 1680, New York City.

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